Complete the account of the body in sculpture.
A form physically caused by contact with a body is an ______. A part presented as a complete work is a ______. Whiteread's House was a cast of the ______ of a building. A work that rusts or decays as intended is not deteriorating but ______.
Word bank: index · fragment · interior · operating · imprint · exterior
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- The first blank is Peirce's term.
- The last blank changes the conservator's job.
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A form physically caused by contact with a body is an index. A part presented as a complete work is a fragment. Whiteread's House was a cast of the interior of a building. A work that rusts or decays as intended is not deteriorating but operating.
The last blank has a practical consequence. If a work is operating rather than deteriorating, then arresting the change is an intervention in the work rather than care for it, which makes conservation a question about intention rather than about materials.
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